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metalepsis: Meaning and Definition of

met•a•lep•sis

Pronunciation: (met"u-lep'sis), [key]
— pl. -ses
  1. the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
metal detector metal-free phthalocyanine
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